News December 14, 2021

Squid Game Used as Lure for Malware Campaigns, Phishing Attacks

2 min read - Digital attackers are using Netflix’s popular series “Squid Game” as a lure for their malware campaigns and phishing operations. Two Trojan Downloaders Targeting Fans Kaspersky uncovered dozens of different malicious files related to Squid Game between September and October 2021,…

Advanced Threats October 14, 2021

How to Report Scam Calls and Phishing Attacks

5 min read - With incidents such as the Colonial Pipeline infection and the Kaseya supply chain attack making so many headlines these days, it can be easy to forget that malicious actors are still preying on individual users. They’re not using ransomware to…

Mobile Security August 17, 2021

How to Avoid Smishing Attacks Targeting Subscription Service Users

3 min read - If you’re anything like me, you used delivery more during the pandemic than before. Both getting food brought to my door and meal kit boxes mean people don’t have to mask up and go out to the grocery store. But…

News July 12, 2021

Scammers Poured Themselves a Glass and Got to Work on Wine-Themed Phishing Emails in 2020

2 min read - Lots of people opened up bottles of wine on Zoom visits in isolation. And, 2020 saw rising wine sales and digital scams to match. Researchers at Recorded Future and Area 1 Security witnessed an increase in wine-themed domain registrations and…

Banking & Finance July 1, 2021

Confessions of a Famous Fraudster: How and Why Social Engineering Scams Work

6 min read - In a world in which bad news dominates, social engineering scams that carry a promise of good news can be incredibly lucrative for cyber criminals. In one recent example, fraudsters set up a phony job posting using a real recruiter…

Incident Response June 16, 2021

Why a Phishing Attack Is Still Profitable — And How To Stop One

4 min read - As the business world continues to grapple with an expanding definition of new normal, the phishing attack remains a common tactic for attackers. Why are phishing attacks still happening? How can we prevent them? We spoke to a threat analyst…

News June 14, 2021

Social Engineering Scam Asks for Bitcoin Wallet Recovery Codes

2 min read - Twitter users having a hard time with their bitcoin wallets should be wary of accounts that offer to fix them. Attackers are using this social engineering method to trick cryptocurrency owners into forking over their wallet recovery codes. Malwarebytes spotted…

News March 22, 2021

IRS Scam Emails Ask Tax Preparers for EFIN Information

2 min read - Many people are familiar with U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scam letters fishing for money around tax season. Now, a new form of IRS scam targets tax professionals in a virtual version of the fake IRS letter. The IRS warned tax…

News March 5, 2021

FTC Fraud Alert: Look Out for Fake ‘Trading Commission’

2 min read - A new scam finds fraudsters using a website designed to look like the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) site in an attempt to con people out of their money. This FTC fraud is an example of an imposter scam. It’s a…

News February 28, 2021

FBI Warns Against Vishing Scams Over VoIP

2 min read - Cyber criminals are using Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) platforms to launch vishing attacks against employees worldwide, the FBI warned on Jan. 14.  Vishing means ‘voice phishing,’ an attack in which threat actors use phone calls instead of emails. Their…